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value-driven AI transformation

Most AI programsstart with technology.

We start with value.

We help industrial companies identify where AI creates measurable business value and build the strategy, financial case, and governance to realize it.

The Imperative

AI will be Digital Transformation on steroids.

What ERP and CRM systems achieved over 30 years, AI will reshape in 3–5. The automation of knowledge work is redefining the speed and cost at which industrial innovation can be developed and delivered.

Companies that delay risk structural disadvantage with no easy path to catch up. The central leadership challenge is not whether to adopt AI, but how to allocate resources to maximize value.

Transformation = Resource Allocation

Our Approach

Three dimensions. Applied together.

We don't treat AI as a technology project. We treat it as a strategic investment decision, evaluated through three interdependent lenses at every stage.

Strategy

Where does AI create and capture value in your business? We identify the highest-impact opportunities along your value chain, from revenue expansion to cost reduction.

Finance

What is the expected return, and what must be true to achieve it? ROIC-based evaluation with sensitivity ranges. Not point estimates, not guesswork.

Technology

What platforms, architectures, and data foundations are required? We orient technology decisions around value delivery, not the other way around.

How We Work

From clarity to value realization.

Our engagement follows four stages. Each builds on evidence from the last. No one is asked to bet the company on day one.

01

Create the Value Map

We build your AI Value Driver Map: a prioritized landscape of where AI creates the most financial value in your specific business.

02

Push the First Value Case

We identify and launch the Trailblazer, the first real implementation that generates results and organizational learning in parallel.

03

Transformation Design

We translate hypotheses into a concrete use case roadmap, platform design, resource plan, and board-ready investment case.

04

Execute and Realize Value

We govern the transformation through our AI Execution Office, tracking value realization against the targets you set.

The Difference

The AI Value Map

AI creates value only when it improves the underlying economics of a business. Our approach starts by analyzing the full value chain – from operations to commercial functions and support activities – to identify where value is created, where it is lost, and where it can be scaled.

01

Systematic Opportunity Mapping

We systematically map AI opportunities against core value drivers such as revenue growth, cost efficiency, risk reduction, and capital utilization. This creates a clear link between operational activities and financial outcomes, allowing us to quantify impact before implementation begins.

02

Structured Value Map

The result is a structured value map that highlights where AI increases willingness to pay, improves margins, or reduces resource intensity. Instead of isolated use cases, organizations gain a coherent view of how AI drives enterprise performance across the entire value chain.

Coherent view on AI value across the entire value chain.

Industries

Where we create the most value.

Our deepest expertise lies in industrial sectors where AI transforms complex value chains – from R&D through operations to aftermarket service.

Manufacturing

Margin pressure, labor shortage, supply chain volatility.

AI value levers: Operations, R&D, Supply Chain, Customer Service

Automotive

EV transition, compressed development cycles, software-defined vehicles.

AI value levers: R&D, Supply Chain, Sales, Customer Service

CPG & FMCG

Demand volatility, channel fragmentation, speed-to-shelf.

AI value levers: Sales & Marketing, Supply Chain, R&D, Consumer Insights

Energy & Utilities

Energy transition, grid complexity, aging assets.

AI value levers: Operations, Trading & Procurement, R&D

Founding Team

Who we are.

Nikolai Rizzo

Nikolai Rizzo

Bridging AI strategy and financial performance

Nikolai bridges technology and business value. He combines 13 years of Finance and CFO leadership in manufacturing and tech with hands-on developer experience and 5 years leading the manufacturing and mobility business for Microsoft Austria. As a certified Prosci Change Practitioner, he ensures AI strategy translates into results.

Sebastian Jagsch

Sebastian Jagsch

Building AI-powered innovation at scale

Sebastian combines 17 years of entrepreneurial experience as founder of eight ventures with deep corporate expertise in strategy and innovation at AVL. His consulting work at greenventors sharpened his ability to translate sustainability and innovation agendas into actionable programs. This dual perspective – startup speed and corporate scale – enables him to bridge strategy and execution effectively.

Move fast.
Better roughly right
than precisely too late.

We follow a co-development approach. Every output is built jointly with you, grounded in your numbers, your organization, your priorities. No slide decks for the drawer.

Let's create value together.

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Based in Vienna. Working across Europe.